The honor comes just after the pop singer lost an initial request last month to be freed from her contract with hitmaker Dr. Luke, who denies her claims and says she is smearing him to get out of her contract.

"As many of you know I am going through some personal things that have been really intense and hard lately and I just want to say thank you for the support I have received," she told the audience during a dinner in Nashville, Tennessee, where she grew up.

In a sworn statement in August, Kesha said that the producer, born Lukasz Gottwald, raped her a decade ago after giving her a pill that knocked her out and bullied her to lose weight.

Lawyers for Dr. Luke note that Kesha said he "never made sexual advances at me" during sworn questioning in another lawsuit in 2011. Her lawyers say she was too intimidated by him for years to speak out.

Supporters of the "Tik Tok" singer created a Twitter hashtag "#freekesha" and numerous other singers and celebrities have voiced their support, including Lady Gaga, Adele and Taylor Swift, who gave $250,000 for her legal fees.